Mariners signed 1B/OF Efren Navarro to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Navarro just recently elected free agency after being designated for assignment by the Orioles. The 29-year-old owns a .248/.306/.328 batting line in the majors and will provide some depth in M's camp. Mar 2 - 10:27 AM

Navarro cleared waivers after being removed from the 40-man roster but has decided to look for a job elsewhere rather than accept an outright assignment. The 29-year-old is a .248/.306/.328 career hitter at the major league level. Feb 28 - 3:06 PM

Orioles designated OF Efren Navarro for assignment.

The move clears out a 40-man roster spot for new starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo, who officially agreed to a reworked two-year, $22 million contract with the Orioles on Wednesday. Navarro was hoping to compete for a spot on the O's bench this spring. He's now in limbo on waivers. Feb 25 - 9:00 AM

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Mariners signed 1B/OF Efren Navarro to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Navarro just recently elected free agency after being designated for assignment by the Orioles. The 29-year-old owns a .248/.306/.328 batting line in the majors and will provide some depth in M's camp.

Navarro cleared waivers after being removed from the 40-man roster but has decided to look for a job elsewhere rather than accept an outright assignment. The 29-year-old is a .248/.306/.328 career hitter at the major league level.

The move clears out a 40-man roster spot for new starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo, who officially agreed to a reworked two-year, $22 million contract with the Orioles on Wednesday. Navarro was hoping to compete for a spot on the O's bench this spring. He's now in limbo on waivers.

The move clears a spot on the 40-man roster for the addition of Al Alburquerque. Navarro, 29, is a .248/.306/.328 career hitter at the major league level and wasn't called up in September last year, which it turns out was a pretty good indicated that he wasn't in the Angels' future plans.

As expected, Navarro will replace Matt Joyce (concussion) on the active roster. The 29-year-old is batting .260/.306/.312 in 82 plate appearances this season and will serve as a left-handed bat off the bench.

The Angels are expected to call up Efren Navarro from Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday.

It's possible that he'll replace Matt Joyce, who could be headed to the 7-day concussion disabled list. Navarro, 29, has a .260/.306/.312 batting line in 82 plate appearances with the Angels this season.

Efren Navarro went 3-for-4 and drove in two of the Angels' three runs Tuesday against the Astros.

Navarro is still trying to convince Mike Scioscia to play him regularly against righties. He's hitting .293 in 58 at-bats, albeit with just three extra-base hits (all doubles) and five RBI. He'd still seem to be a better option than the alternatives.

Efren Navarro went 3-for-4 as the Angels' left fielder in Thursday's win.

Angels writer Mike DiGiovanna suggested before the game that Navarro is due a look as the team's left fielder. We'd tend to agree, though it might not happen all at once. After all, the start tonight was his first since May 30.

Lynn didn't pitch at the big league level in 2016 as he recovered from Tommy John surgery, making just two minor league rehab starts. He's expected to be fully healthy and ready to go for the start of spring training. Prior to his injury, he compiled an excellent 3.37 ERA and 766/291 K/BB ratio over 791 1/3 innings with the Cardinals.

A right knee injury kept Lyons out of action for the final two months of the 2016 season, and on November 5 general manager John Mozeliak relayed that the injury was "not responding as quickly as we hoped." Lyons' current recovery timetable from the surgery is set at 5-6 months. Along those lines, a return in late spring would be the most optimistic outlook here. Prior to the season-ending injury, Lyons had pitched to a 3.38 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and 46/14 K/BB ratio over 48 frames.

Zach Duke underwent Tommy John surgery and also had his flexor muscle repaired last week.

This comes out of nowhere, as we hadn't heard of any elbow trouble that Duke was having until now. However, he is coming off a career-high 81 appearances in 2016, and it appears that his arm just couldn't hold up. He'll miss the entire 2017 season before hitting free agency the following winter.